I’m at the Des Moines Police Department for a news conference regarding the arrest made in Quan Jones’ case. Follow this thread for updates @DMRegister

Sgt. Paul Parizek said after an “exhaustive and extensive” investigation, Jones’ medical records was the final piece of the puzzle in order to arrest the 28-year-old suspect Dale Lee Millard.

Another arrest warrant was just approved for Jesse James Downs, 27. Parizek said they are hoping he turn himself in, but he has been uncooperative.

“Justice is all I ever wanted,” Jones’ father Daryl Jones Jr. said. He says the punishment in Iowa for hate crime charges are only a slap on the wrist.

The willful injury charges against Millard, and now Downs, are punishable for up to ten years of prison time. Some time must be served.

Kameron Middlebrooks and Rep. Ako Abdul-Samad have also mentioned flaws in Iowa’s hate crime charges.

“This has shown us there’s cracks in our system,” Middlebrooks said of Iowa’s hate crime statute.

“Our hate crime laws in Iowa don’t have any teeth in it,” Abdul-Samad said. He’s drafting legislation that would increase penalties for hate crime assaults. He says right now, a hate crime charge is only a misdemeanor.

Police are still are not calling the assault racially morivated, pointing to the way Iowa laws are written.

“The way that hate crime laws are written, you have to establish motive,” Parizek said, adding that most crimes do not need motive to file charges.

“It’s pretty obvious to all of us the suspects show a lot of ignorance out there, but that doesn’t meet the standard file the charge,” Parizek said. “Ignorant statements don’t translate into charges under Iowa law.”

“Darquan did nothing wrong,” he added.

As for Quan, his father Daryl Jones Jr. says it’s a blessing to see him smile again.

“Quan is really getting back to Quan.”